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while countless Kenyans starve or face starvation….

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The Daily Nation reports that Kenya has sent a 13 member delegation (Ory says they are as many as 30!) to make a five minute speech in Geneva. The delegation will attempt to defend the Kenyan government, whose police force stands accused of extra-judicial killings of suspected criminals, most of them members of the banned (murderous) Mungiki sect.

It still baffles me how fully grown adults pull off  such stunts with a straight face. Signs of an overloading of the Geneva delegation emerged when ODM complained that the initial government delegation was not representative of the entire government since it only included ministers from PNU. The solution was to add new ministers from the ODM wing of government, but without chucking any of the initial members of the team. And all so they could fly to Geneva and witness one of their colleagues give a five minute speech defending the well documented extra-judicial killings of suspected criminals which took place under their watch.

Who are these people???

we continue to miss the big picture at our own peril

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When Oscar Foundation founder, Oscar King’ara, was killed ten days ago I expected that the government would be embarrassed enough to do something about the seemingly premeditated killings that have rocked the country in the last few months. There seems to be an elaborate plan by the security forces in Kenya to sidestep the judicial system and neutralize suspected criminals. This is wrong. This wrong precisely because as citizens of Kenya we are all entitled to a just trial in court before being punished if found guilty. If we let the politicians decide who is guilty or not what will stop them from using the security apparatus to eliminate political opponents? Commissioner Ali, WE ARE NOT A POLICE STATE. AND IF WE ARE, COME OUT CLEAN AND LET THE WORLD KNOW.

That not a single individual has been arrested and tried for the killing of Mr. Kang’aru or the hundreds of other young Kenyans killed by the mysterious death squad is a shame. It is a shame on the government of president Kibaki and premier Odinga. It is a shame on the Kenyan media who now are fixated on 2012 succession politics and have completely forgotten about the deteriorating condition of security in Kenya. It is a shame on the Kenyan civil society who seem to be willing to stop at issuing statements condemning the killings. Don’t we have investigative journalists who can expose exactly what is going on?

Who is behind these killings? The police commissioner must know. Can’t parliament summon him and have him testify under oath? And why is the attorney general still in office? Mr. Wako, please go home. Your EIGHTEEN years as our attorney general has brought nothing but shame to the Kenyan judiciary. Go home.